2020 Georgia Code
Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety
Chapter 4 - Firefighter Standards and Training
- § 25-4-1. Short Title
- § 25-4-2. (For Effective Date, See note.) Definitions
- § 25-4-3. Georgia Firefighter Standards and Training Council; Establishment and Organization; Advisory Committee; Expenses and Allowances
- § 25-4-3.1. (Effective January 1, 2021) Georgia Volunteer Fire Service Council; Establishment as Division of Council; Membership; Officers; Expenses
- § 25-4-4. (For Effective Date, See note.) Eligibility of Council and Volunteer Council Members for Public Office
- § 25-4-5. (For Effective Date, See note.) Administrative Assignment to Department of Public Safety; Source of Funds; Authority to Accept Gifts and Other Items of Value
- § 25-4-6. (For Effective Date, See note.) Meetings, Quorum, and Annual Reporting of Council and Volunteer Council
- § 25-4-7. (For Effective Date, See note.) Functions and Powers of Council and Volunteer Council
- § 25-4-7.1. (For Effective Date, See note.) Appointment and Compensation of Executive Director; Assistants
- § 25-4-8. Qualifications of Firefighters Generally
- § 25-4-8.1. (Effective January 1, 2021) Qualifications for Volunteer Firefighters
- § 25-4-9. (For Effective Date, See note.) Basic Firefighter Training Course; Transfer of Certification
- § 25-4-10. (For Effective Date, See note.) Mandatory Training
- § 25-4-11. Adoption of Higher Training Requirements by Employing Agencies
- § 25-4-12. Applicability of Chapter
- § 25-4-30. And 25-4-31
- Ga. L. 1980, p. 1242, §§ 1 and 2, as enacted, purported to amend the Georgia Firefighter Standards and Training Act (Ga. L. 1971, p. 693) which was codified as Art. 1 of this chapter. However, since it has been determined that the 1980 Act, which dealt with airport firefighters, was intended to be a new Act rather than an amendment to the Georgia Firefighter Standards and Training Act, the 1980 Act was codified as Art. 2 of this chapter, which was repealed by Ga. L. 2005, p. 619, § 4/SB 308, effective July 1, 2005.
Former Article 2, concerning airport firefighters, consisted of Code Sections 25-4-30 and 25-4-31, and was based on Ga. L. 1980, p. 1242, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1985, p. 1493, § 5; Ga. L. 1995, p. 341, § 7. The former article was repealed by Ga. L. 2005, p. 619, § 4/SB 308, effective July 1, 2005.
Code Commission notes.- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2020, the Article 1 designation was deleted.
Cross references.- Liability of officers and agents for acts performed while fighting fires or performing duties at the scene of emergencies, § 51-1-30.
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERALHow probated first offenders to be treated under O.C.G.A. Title 25, Chapter 4. - Individual in the process of serving a period of probation under O.C.G.A. Title 42, Chapter 8, Article 3, relating to first offenders, should be treated, for purposes of O.C.G.A. Title 25, Chapter 4, in the same manner as an individual who has satisfactorily fulfilled terms of or who has been released from such probation. 1981 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U81-12.
Probation of first offender not conviction under O.C.G.A. Title 25, Chapter 4. - Person in the process of serving a period of probation under O.C.G.A. Title 42, Chapter 8, Article 3, relating to first offenders, has not been convicted for purposes of O.C.G.A. Title 25, Chapter 4. 1981 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U81-12.
Fulfillment of terms of probation under O.C.G.A. Title 42, Chapter 8, Article 3, relating to first offenders, or release by court prior to termination of a period of probation is not a criminal conviction for purposes of O.C.G.A. Title 25, Chapter 4. 1981 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U81-12.
